‘They are not being pampered’: FA boss dismisses ‘silly’ talk about Matildas
Team under scrutiny after disappointing Paris 2024 campaign‘The narrative … is very disappointing,’ says James Johnson
Football Australia has hit back at criticism that the Matildas are “pampered,” following the team’s disappointing group stage exit from the Olympics.
There has been intense scrutiny of the national team in recent days, particularly in News Corp papers, with former Socceroo Robbie Slater writing in a column that the team had been “pampered”. Some of the criticism related to the team’s use of a charter flight to get from a training camp in Spain to the Games, and the staff to player ratio within the team.
